Strain accumulation in southwestern Taiwan

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-50

  Yu, Shui Beih ^a   Chen, Horng Yue ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active fault; Crustal strain; GPS survey; Southwestern Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002414684     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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